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Message to environmentalists and the left: you can’t oppose both fossil investments and Carbon Pricing

January 13, 2023 by Catherine Wolfram

Environmental and social justice opponents of fossil investments need to think carefully about the consequences of preventing all forms of new fossil infrastructure and maintenance. As Catherine Wolfram at the Haas School of Business explains, if fossils are phased out faster than clean energy is phased in, consumer prices go up and the fossil firms profit. A carbon price – often opposed by the same U.S. “progressives” as a tax disproportionately … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: CarbonPrice, fossils, gas, investment, IRA, pipelines, prices, taxes

EU gas post-Russia: out-of-date regulations are preventing new gas flows from west to east, not infrastructure

December 5, 2022 by Aura Sabadus

### REGISTER NOW ### for our vitally important 2-panel event “The Energy Crisis and Russian Aggression Against Ukraine – Key Challenges for the Central European Energy Sector”, on Thursday December 8, 13:00 – 17:00 CET (Address: Rue Belliard 40, 1040 Brussels). High-profile confirmed speakers include Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy, EC; Leszek JesieĹ„, Chairman of the Board, CEEP; Jerzy Buzek, MEP and former president of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: Balkan, Caspian, EU, gas, Greece, methane, Moldova, pipelines, prices, regulations, Russia, SEEGAS, Slovakia, TransBalkan, turkey, Turkstream, Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine: Critical Infrastructure Protection from sabotage is an unprecedented challenge the EU must face now

November 29, 2022 by Frank Umbach

### REGISTER NOW ### for our vitally important 2-panel event “The Energy Crisis and Russian Aggression Against Ukraine - Key Challenges for the Central European Energy Sector”, on Thursday December 8, 13:00 – 17:00 CET (Address: Rue Belliard 40, 1040 Brussels). High-profile confirmed speakers include Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy, EC; Leszek JesieĹ„, Chairman of the Board, CEEP; Jerzy Buzek, MEP and former president of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Policies Tagged With: cables, critical, Energy, EU, Europe, infrastructure, Nordstream, pipelines, Russia, sabotage, security, Ukraine, US

Green Hydrogen is ready to scale this decade

October 27, 2022 by Tessa Weiss, Cato Koole and Nick Pesta

### Today’s article flags up a fascinating panel discussion on the book “Touching Hydrogen Future”, as part of the European Hydrogen Week taking place from 24-28 October 2022. This webinar, on Friday Oct 28 at 10:00 CEST, will be blue-sky thinking about the future of the hydrogen economy. Global in scope, it will dive into how a hydrogen-powered future might look in the Netherlands, Sweden, Ukraine, Romania and Morocco. REGISTER HERE ### Can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: ArcelorMital, BNEF, electrolysers, Europe, fertilisers, green, hydrogen, HydrogenHubs, ITM, Maersk, NEL, pipelines, REPowerEU, ShippingFuels, steel, Thyssenkrupp, Yara

Hydrogen imports: strict rules can deliver a win-win for Europe and developing nations

October 13, 2022 by Ines Bouacida

### Today’s article flags up a fascinating panel discussion on the book “Touching Hydrogen Future”, as part of the European Hydrogen Week taking place from 24-28 October 2022. This webinar, on Oct 28 at 10:00 CEST, will be blue-sky thinking about the future of the hydrogen economy. Global in scope, it will dive into how a hydrogen-powered future might look in the Netherlands, Greece, Ukraine and Morocco. REGISTER HERE ### The EU is moving … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: Algeria, emissions, EU, geopolitics, green, hydrogen, imports, industry, Libya, Morocco, pipelines, regulations, REPowerEU, transport, Tunisia

Fossil fuel producers can decarbonise by exporting Electricity, Hydrogen, and Steel

September 15, 2022 by Schalk Cloete

The compelling reason why fossil fuel producers will be needed even beyond 2050 is that they currently provide over 80% of global energy, and 90% of the world’s population still needs the wealth creation that energy delivers, says Schalk Cloete. Given that, he summarises his co-authored paper that takes a close look at how a fossil exporter, Norway, can trade with an importer, Germany, while decarbonising. The modelling focusses on electricity … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: CCS, decarbonisation, electricity, exports, gas, Germany, hydrogen, imports, industry, Norway, pipelines, steel, Transmission

What will an international marketplace for Hydrogen look like?

July 25, 2022 by Herib Blanco

Though any nation can in theory make its own hydrogen, some will be able to do it much more cheaply than others. Herib Blanco at IRENA summarises their study that looks at the factors that determine the difference, along with the hydrogen transport costs that will influence the global trade that should emerge. By 2050, those transport costs could reach levels below $1/kgH2 once economies of scale are reached and supply chains are fully developed. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: ammonia, costs, hydrogen, markets, pipelines, shipping, SupplyChains, trade, transport

Hydrogen is also a greenhouse gas, so leaks must be minimised

May 26, 2022 by Thomas Koch Blank, Raghav Muralidharan, Kaitlyn Ramirez, Alexandra Wall and Tessa Weiss

Even leaked hydrogen can warm the climate. How serious is it as a greenhouse gas? How easy is it to minimise leaks? Thomas Koch Blank, Raghav Muralidharan, Kaitlyn Ramirez, Alexandra Wall and Tessa Weiss at RMI answer these important questions as the hydrogen ramp up begins. The first observation is that hydrogen is much less damaging than natural gas, even with minimal hydrogen leakage regulation. Nevertheless, the roll-out of this new energy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: emissions, gas, ghg, hydrogen, industry, infrastructure, leakage, methane, pipelines, Transmission

What’s best for Hydrogen transport: ammonia, liquid hydrogen, LOHC or pipelines?

May 5, 2022 by Herib Blanco

The ability to transport hydrogen in bulk will mean clean energy can be taken where it’s needed, as easily as fossil fuels are today. But there is a cost involved in converting the hydrogen into something easy to transport (and un-converting it at the destination). Herib Blanco at IRENA summarises the findings of their paper that looks at those costs: a better understanding will enable us to choose the right pathways today fit for the next 30 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: ammonia, costs, gas, hydrogen, liquid, LOHC, pipelines, trade, transportation

How could Germany wind down Russian oil imports by the end of 2022

April 25, 2022 by Kerstine Appunn

Berlin has said that, though difficult, it could become independent of Russian oil imports by the end of 2022, with a target of halving them by the middle of the year. Kerstine Appunn at Clean Energy Wire compiles information on the practical challenges for Germany’s oil infrastructure, refineries and security of supply. Germany is serviced by three pipeline systems for the west, the east and the south of the country. But they are not connected … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: crude, diesel, Energy, Germany, imports, infrastructure, logistics, oil, pipelines, prices, refineries, rosneft, Russia, security, storage, transport, Ukraine

What is Energy Security? And what it isn’t

March 17, 2022 by Maximilian Auffhammer

What is energy security? That’s what Maximilian Auffhammer at the Energy Institute at Haas asks and tries to answer, and he starts by saying what it is not and what solutions should not be used. Not importing won’t help because prices are global. “Energy security” can’t be taxed as an externality for much the same reason. Subsidising high prices for consumers decreases the value of energy efficiency investments. Instead, Auffhammer says the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: efficiency, Energy, imports, pipelines, prices, renewables, Russia, security, subsidies, taxes, Transmission, Ukraine

When Electrification is cheaper than maintaining Gas infrastructure

November 9, 2021 by Max Dupuy

The gas sector continuously faces major expenses to maintain and replace aging distribution systems. Non-Pipeline Alternatives (NPAs) are solutions that avoid the scale of these infrastructure costs by judiciously spending money on cutting future gas use instead. Given gas’s limited long-term future in a net-zero world, this makes sense. It’s not just about efficiency wins, explains Max Dupuy at RAP who summarises their research. Gas utilities … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: COP26, costs, efficiency, electrification, gas, heating, infrastructure, NPA, pipelines, US, utilities

Modelling Hydrogen’s role in high penetration Wind + Solar grids

October 27, 2021 by Kelley Travers

A hydrogen ramp-up is going to be expensive and asset-heavy. So, a whole-system analysis is needed to ensure its deployment is done cost-effectively today and meets long term goals. This is what all nations committing to hydrogen are struggling with. Kelley Travers at MIT describes their modelling, in collaboration with Shell, that looks at the optimisation of hydrogen deployment in grids where variable renewables (VREs) like wind and solar are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: buildings, CarbonPrice, CCS, CCUS, gas, grids, hydrogen, industry, pipelines, solar, stability, storage, transportation, VRE, wind

Don’t commit to Hydrogen pipelines yet? Trucks can do the same job more flexibly

June 16, 2021 by Kathryn O'Neill

Could trucks be a better way to transport (and even store) hydrogen than pipelines? Yes, says a research team led by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), mainly because of the flexibility they offer particularly in the early stages of the hydrogen roll-out. Kathryn O'Neill at MIT explains the findings. A pipeline can take 10 years to build, during which time the locations where the supply and demand must be met are likely to have moved, given the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: electrolysers, gas, hydrogen, infrastructure, pipelines, solar, storage, transport, trucks, wind

Where to start building Hydrogen pipelines? Near industrial hubs for steel, ammonia, and plastics

May 19, 2021 by Kevin Tu, Matthias Deutsch and Gniewomir Flis

Converting gas pipelines to carry hydrogen is going to be expensive. We don’t even know how much hydrogen we’ll really need in 2050, given electrification – the cheaper and preferred option to replace fossil fuels – will always be the first option. But we do know that certain industries like steel, ammonia, and plastics will always need hydrogen as a feedstock. Writing for WEF, Kevin Tu, Matthias Deutsch and Gniewomir Flis at Agora Energiewende … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: ammonia, aviation, China, EU, gas, hydrogen, industry, pipelines, plastics, shipping, steel

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